FONTANA, CA (August 30, 2008)--Following up on their top-five and
top-ten performances last weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway, Rusty
Wallace Racing drivers, Steve Wallace and David Stremme again look to be
contenders in this weekend's NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Auto
Club Speedway.

Wallace, piloting the No. 66 Oakley Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS, ranked
tenth-fastest of 44 drivers in Friday's final practice. His
fastest lap of 41.662 seconds (172.819 MPH) was the 21st of his 24 laps
in the session.

Noted Wallace, "I'm really confident in our Oakley Chevrolet
for tomorrow's race. Towards the end of happy hour, I feel like we
got it handling really well and it seemed to be really consistent in our
race runs. I think we could have been further up the chart in practice,
but my teammate made his mock-qualifying run just before me and told me
just how slick the track was at that point. Practice doesn't pay
anything, so it was best just to take care of our car and get ready for
Saturday. I feel like we have a really solid car, so if we can stay out
of trouble, I think it should be a pretty good night for our Oakley team.

Wallace's teammate, David Stremme, wheeled his No. 64 Kenwood
Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS to a top-ten ranking in one of Friday's
practice sessions as well. Stremme's best lap of 41.798 seconds
(172.257 MPH) in the first practice session placed him 9th of the 44
drivers taking time. Stremme finished final practice 11th fastest, just
one spot behind his teammate, Wallace.

Stated Stremme, "Our Kenwood Chevrolet is pretty strong here this
weekend. We were never quite as consistent in our race runs as I would
have liked, but our car is fast and we're making some adjustments
to help us get the consistency where it needs to be. We've got 300
miles to get the job done on Saturday night and I'm confident that
our Kenwood team will do just that."